Las Vegas felt the earthquake that shook southwest Nevada this morning, and while the grumbling managed to strike the area that is 15 miles away from its epicenter, authorities ensure residents that there were no damages or injuries recorded following the incident.
The Las Vegas-felt earthquake started at 3:11 a.m. Sunday, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6, according to the Miami Herald.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered 9 miles from Enterprise, Nevada, which is 15 miles southwest of Las Vegas but the grumbling of the ground was still felt at Sin City.
Because the earthquake is categorically small, USGS geophysicist Randy Baldwin describes it as having "non-damaging intensity."
Henderson and North Las Vegas residents claim that they felt the ground shaking during the Nevada-centered quake, reported 8NewsNow.com.
Las Vegas Fire and Rescue department's Tim Szymanski said that although Las Vegas felt the earthquake - especially in the downtown area - they did not receive any 911 calls via the Fire Alarm Office after the incident.
ABC News also reports that there were no immediate documented cases of damages or injuries after the tremor.
The Nevada earthquake just comes almost two weeks after a 6.2 magnitude quake struck Alaska.
The U.S. Geological Survey said that time that the deeply rooted tremor is unlikely to cause severe damage or casualties.
The epicenter of the quake was located 81 miles northwest of Anchorage - the most populous city of Alaska, and it reportedly originated at a depth of 63.2 miles below the surface, Review Journal has learned.
Anchorage police spokeswoman Jennifer Castron confirmed at the time that no reports of major damage or injuries were made. However, she noted that building and car alarms went off, but clarified that this was "pretty typical" of such type of quakes.
The National Weather Service said that the tremor was incapable of generating tsunamis.
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